The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr. of various commentators, to which are added notes by S. Johnson and G. Steevens, revised and augmented by I. Reed, with a glossarial index, Volumen1 |
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... less that he himself should have been instrumental in produc ing it . He is happy , however , to find he was mistaken in both his suppositions ; and consequently has done his utmost to promote the appearance of an accurate and finished ...
... less that he himself should have been instrumental in produc ing it . He is happy , however , to find he was mistaken in both his suppositions ; and consequently has done his utmost to promote the appearance of an accurate and finished ...
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... less , performances by very different artists . The face of Shak- speare was imitated by a delicate pencil , that of Jonson by a bolder hand . It is not designed , however , to appretiate the dis- tinct value of these pictures ; though ...
... less , performances by very different artists . The face of Shak- speare was imitated by a delicate pencil , that of Jonson by a bolder hand . It is not designed , however , to appretiate the dis- tinct value of these pictures ; though ...
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... less heads prefixed to volumes issued out by booksellers . The artist , indeed , who could have filched from Droeshout , like Bar- dolph , might have " stolen a lute - case , carried it twelve leagues , and sold it for three halfpence ...
... less heads prefixed to volumes issued out by booksellers . The artist , indeed , who could have filched from Droeshout , like Bar- dolph , might have " stolen a lute - case , carried it twelve leagues , and sold it for three halfpence ...
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... less sprightly and confident assemblage of features than had usually been imputed to the modest and unassuming parent of the Bri- tish theatre . It is certain , that neither the Zoustian or Chando- san canvas has displayed the least ...
... less sprightly and confident assemblage of features than had usually been imputed to the modest and unassuming parent of the Bri- tish theatre . It is certain , that neither the Zoustian or Chando- san canvas has displayed the least ...
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... less pleasant proof of Aubrey's cullibi- lity , may be found at the conclusion of one of his own letters to Mr. Ray ; where , after the enumeration of several wonderful methods employed by old women and Irishmen to cure the gout , agues ...
... less pleasant proof of Aubrey's cullibi- lity , may be found at the conclusion of one of his own letters to Mr. Ray ; where , after the enumeration of several wonderful methods employed by old women and Irishmen to cure the gout , agues ...
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Página 71 - I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was (indeed) honest, and of an open and free nature ; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions and gentle expressions...
Página 348 - The applause ! delight ! the wonder of our stage ! My SHAKESPEARE rise ! I will not lodge thee by Chaucer, or Spenser, or bid Beaumont lie A little further, to make thee a room : Thou art a monument without a tomb, And art alive still while thy book doth live And we have wits to read, and praise to give.
Página 350 - And joy'd to wear the dressing of his lines! Which were so richly spun, and woven so fit, As, since, she will vouchsafe no other wit. The merry Greek, tart Aristophanes, Neat Terence, witty Plautus, now not please; But antiquated and deserted lie, As they were not of Nature's family.
Página 80 - Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive Against thy mother aught; leave her to heaven, And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge To prick and sting her.
Página 176 - Newly imprinted and enlarged to almost as much againe as it was, according to the true and perfect Coppie.
Página 116 - Shakespeare's plays are not in the rigorous and critical sense either tragedies or comedies, but compositions of a distinct kind; exhibiting the real state of sublunary nature, which partakes of good and evil, joy and sorrow, mingled with endless variety of proportion and innumerable modes of combination...
Página 71 - Sufflaminandus erat,' as Augustus said of Haterius. His wit was in his own power ; would the rule of it had been so too ! Many times he fell into those things could not escape laughter, as when he said in the person of Caesar, one speaking to him,
Página 127 - The truth is, that the spectators are always in their senses, and know, from the first act to the last, that the stage is only a stage, and that the players are only players.
Página 273 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light 4 Go closely in with me.] ie secretly, privately. To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Página 104 - IN the name of God, Amen. I William Shakspeare of Stratford-upon-Avon, in the county of Warwick, gent. in perfect health, and memory, (God be praised!) do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following; that is to say: First, I commend my soul into the hands of God my creator, hoping, and assuredly believing, through the only merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour, to be made partaker of life everlasting; and my body to the earth whereof it is made.